I suppose we will never know though the timing seems to indicate that it was directed towards him. It certainly could have been an unrelated finger or perhaps a twitch or even a "secret code" used by her an a former lover. They obviously had to get rid of her from being on the air whether or not it was directed at Obama. What other possibility could there be? Could she just give people random fingers?

If you go directly to the source and read what the RUSSIANS have to say about it, you will learn that she was responding to a rude teleprompter operator. Certainly, if she meant it for Obama, she would have been looking at the camera, not her script. With Tatyana Limanova being such a professional, though, she regrets that her carelessness brought controversy to her broadcaster, and resigned her position. It is a shame that American broadcasters aren't as conscientious.